the role of public research and funding organisations in wheat research
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Increasing and Coordinating Public and Private Funders Support for Wheat Research
The Role of Public Research and Funding Organizations
Wheat for the FutureEXPO Milano 2015 - 3 June
Dr. Gilles Saindon, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
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Role of Public Research and Funding Organizations
• Canadian Mechanisms– AAFC Sector Strategies + Funding (internal + external) = Coordination and Cooperation
• International Mechanisms– Wheat Initiative, DFATD, Strategic Alliances= Coordination and Cooperation
• AAFC - Partnerships for Impact– National science capacity is integrated to address core
priorities of the agri-food sector through our sector strategies and partners priorities
= Coherence of action
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AAFC: Research Partnerships • Formalized via various agreements– Research Support Agreements
• cash or in-kind contribution• simple, short agreement; quick execution• where funder does not seek any rights in exchange for
contribution
– Collaborative Research and Development Agreements• bring funding, expertise/intellectual property• more detailed
– Licenses/Material Transfer Agreements• permit access to material/intellectual property • often leverage joint publications, future collaborations and
enhanced international relations
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Basic Partnership Questions• Clear roles for partners?• Funding in place to do work?• Effective governance system for decision making?• Agreements that bind partners?
– Commitment of resources– Sharing of data and access to all in Alliance– Joint reporting of results and communication – Management of intellectual property– Training
• Graduate students• Organization to organization / lab to lab
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Challenges in Managing Collaborations
• Collaborations increasingly required for necessary funding and expertise
• Multiple types of collaborators– Government: federal, provincial, foreign– Universities– Industry: SMEs, grower associations, multi-national
companies• differing policies and priorities result in complex negotiations and
agreements
• Key = clearly establishing expectations, rights and responsibilities
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Success =
• Resources– Easier to pool activities than pool resources
• Partnership– Trust and Commitment– Multi-party agreements not multiple agreements
• Focused– Critical mass for ambitious targets
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• Questions? Comments?